On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 10:03, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > i'm not sure 100% mimicing MS Windows (or MacOS, for that matter) is really > the best way to promote Linux on the desktop as it removes all uniquenesses > and many benefits. a "better Windows than Windows" has been tried before, and > it simply isn't compelling enough of a reason on its own =)
I completely agree with you here. I would not try to promote Linux by saying that it has the same interface as Windows, but there are some advantages to these projects: 1) Many people resist trying Linux because they are scared of using something unfamiliar. If they could start out without having to learn a new interface, then they could focus their time on checking out all the cool open source programs that Linux has to offer. 2) Some companies may have problems with their employees using Linux on their desktop, even if it can do everything that Windows can. At my last job no one really cared that I ran Linux, as I was still able to do everything. However if my boss had said that I had to use Windows, then I probably would have collected some Windows themes and deceived everyone into thinking I was using Windows ;-). 3) Some people may just like the Windows desktop better than GNOME or KDE (although I'm not sure why). In this case you can still use the interface that you like, without the blue screen of death slowing you down :-). Jesse -- Jesse Kline, RHCT _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
